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http://www.officialdavidallancoe.com/You Never Even Call Me By My Name - Steve Goodman (and David Allen Coe?!?)GDGIt was all that I could do to keep from cryin'CDGSometimes it seems so useless to remainCDGEmYou don't have to call me darlin', darlin'GDCGYou never even call me by my nameGDGYou don't have to call me Waylon JenningsCDGAnd you don't have to call me Charlie PrideCDGEmAnd you don't have to call me Merle Haggard...anymoreA7D Even though you're on my fightin' sideChorus:CGAnd I'll hang around as long as you will let meCDG'Cause I never minded standin' in the rainCDGEmYou don't have to call me Darlin', Darlin'GDCGBut you never even call me by my nameGDGWell I've seen my name a few times in your phone bookCDGAnd I've seen it on the signs where I've playedCDGEmBut the only time I know I'll hear "David Allen Coe"A7DIs when Jesus has his final judgement dayChorus:So I'll hang around...Talk:"Well, a friend of mine, Steve Goodman, wrote this songand he said it was the perfect country and western song.I wrote him back a letter and told him that it was not theperfect country-western song because he hadn't said anythingat all about Momma, or trains, or trucks, or prison, or gettingdrunk. Well, he sat down and wrote another verse to the songand he sent it to me and, after reading it, I realized thatmy friend had written the perfect country-western song, and Ifelt obliged to include it on this album. The last verse goeslike this here:"GDGWell I was drunk the day my Momma got out of prisonCDGAnd I went to pick her up in the rainCDGEmBut before I could get to the station in my pickup truckA7DMy Momma, she got run over by a damned old trainChorus:CDGSo I'll hang around just as long as you will let meCDG'Cause I never minded standing in the rainCDGEmYou don't have to call me darlin', darlin'GDBut you never even call me...GEmI wonder why you don't call me...GDCGWhy don't you even call me by my name?